So there are the goggles I want to get.http://www.oakley.com/products/6281/25366 But the only reason I would want to get them is because they have a Blue Iridium lens. In the picture on oakley.com it shows up as orange-ish. But when you look at them head on are they Blue iridium and you cant see thru them or are they orange?
Oakley Blue Iridium lenses. Help.
- Thread starter Dr.Powpow
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Well I saw these in K2 summer school... And i want the same ones. Im not sure if there custom, or the ones i posted online that i saw. K2 summer school linkhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe2hvvyTkTESean Jordan is wearing the ones I wanna buy. You se the goggles 30 seconds into the video. and Im wondering if the oakleys i saw online with the blue iridium lens were the same ones..http://www.oakley.com/products/6281/25366SKU# 57-375Color: Grey/Blue Iridium[/b]
I'm not sure which lens Blue Iridium uses, but the reason they have the yellowish tint is because the actual lens is likely the persimmon lens with the iridium treatment.
The Iridium part means they pretty much superheat metal till it fuses to the lens. This is the tinted part and they can control how much light it lets through really really well.
So you still see the original lens color (persimmon) and when the light hits it, you see the blue tint.The lenses are at 30% so if they do use the standard persimmon lens (60ish%) then the persimmon is blocking and additional 30%.
Assuming the Fire Iridium also uses the persimmon lens at around 17%(too lazy to actually look). It's blocking around 45% which makes it a lot more reflective.
Reason that the Vr28 iridium isn't as reflective but blocks more light is cause it is using the vr28 lens which has a 28% light transmission with the iridium treatment at only about 15%... so they are still pretty see through but uber dark already.
Exciting stuff. Hope this kinda explains why they aren't totally reflective/shows orange through.
The Iridium part means they pretty much superheat metal till it fuses to the lens. This is the tinted part and they can control how much light it lets through really really well.
So you still see the original lens color (persimmon) and when the light hits it, you see the blue tint.The lenses are at 30% so if they do use the standard persimmon lens (60ish%) then the persimmon is blocking and additional 30%.
Assuming the Fire Iridium also uses the persimmon lens at around 17%(too lazy to actually look). It's blocking around 45% which makes it a lot more reflective.
Reason that the Vr28 iridium isn't as reflective but blocks more light is cause it is using the vr28 lens which has a 28% light transmission with the iridium treatment at only about 15%... so they are still pretty see through but uber dark already.
Exciting stuff. Hope this kinda explains why they aren't totally reflective/shows orange through.
Picked up a pair of splices up in whistler with the blue iridium, was planning to use a high intense yellow for night/overcast days this season, but planning to use the blue iridium instead, since its just such an overall nice lens for it all. If your looking for day riding though, deffs a dark grey for sunnier conditions! Another great lense, and decently cheap aswell!
Ben.
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Blue iridium is really nice if you only have one pair of goggles, relatively light ish for pow days, but dark enough you arent going blind when the sun comes out, which is the problem i have with the pink.
I use black iridium for full on sunny days
Pink for full on cloudy
and Blue for the iffy days where its back and forth.
I use black iridium for full on sunny days
Pink for full on cloudy
and Blue for the iffy days where its back and forth.